Also known as ETE Locality 711, Kom Ombo Sebil,
Where: Egypt (24.8° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 32.9° E)
When: Gabal Silsila Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 6615000-10500 BC; age based on dates for the Gabal Silsila Formation radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: siltstone
Collection methods: quarrying
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:
Primary reference: C. S. Churcher. 1974. Relationships of the Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 4:363-384 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details
PaleoDB collection 21892: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey | |
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo | |
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest | |
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena | |
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare | |
Reptilia | |
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle | |
Aves | |
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian spoonbill | |
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard | |
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane | |
Actinopteri | |
Clarias anguillaris catfish |